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Bandanaira, the nearest town. Photo: Jakob van der Schley / Pieter de Hondt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Batu Belanda

Dive site · Indonesia

Experienced divers only

Is it worth the trip?

88Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

4 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 87 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
27°C

Tue 3 · 87 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
28°C

Wed 4 · 87 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
28°C

Thu 5 · 88 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
28°C

Fri 6 · 88 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 88 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
28°C

Sun 8 · 88 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
28°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 183, good
  2. Mon 287, good
  3. Tue 387, good
  4. Wed 487, good
  5. Thu 588, good
  6. Fri 688, good
  7. Sat 788, good
  8. Sun 888, good
  9. Mon 988, good
  10. Tue 1088, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 30 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Water 30 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces Sswell from there reaches it

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. Scored for experienced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Batu Belanda
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov83, good0.2 mflat5 kn7kn29°C
Mon 2Nov87, good0.1 mflat5 kn8kn27°C
Tue 3Nov87, good0.1 mflat4 kn6kn28°C
Wed 4Nov87, good0.1 mflat7 kn10kn28°C
Thu 5Nov88, good0.1 mflat3 kn7kn28°C
Fri 6Nov88, good0.1 mflat1 kn6kn28°C
Sat 7Nov88, good0.1 mflat3 kn7kn28°C
Sun 8Nov88, good0.1 mflat4 kn8kn28°C
Mon 9Nov88, good0.1 mflat1 kn6kn28°C
Tue 10Nov88, good0.0 mflat3 kn9kn28°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovHigh 03:54 +0.9 mLow 11:01 −1.2 mHigh 17:51 +0.5 mLow 23:03 −0.2 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 04:51 +0.7 mLow 11:59 −1.0 mHigh 18:55 +0.5 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 00:23 −0.2 mHigh 06:06 +0.5 mLow 13:06 −0.8 mHigh 20:04 +0.5 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Slack water, the safest time to dive where there is current, is about half an hour either side of each high and low. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the site and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Batu Belanda

A wall dive. It goes down to 30 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces S: swell from the S reaches it, and wind from the N blows out to sea. 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 1.0 km away. The sea is about 27°C in July, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in January, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Bandanaira. Within 5 km we also list 5 dive sites.

  • What it is Wall.
  • How deep Down to 30 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 1.0 km away.

Water about 30°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 20 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan and Apr (over 30 m).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Where to stay: Bandanaira

Closest

Bandanaira

2 min by car · 15 places to stay

about US$33/nightcountry average

See 15 places to stay in Bandanaira · Booking.com

About Bandanaira its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$33 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

The nearest named dive centres and shops within 25 km, in a straight line; training agencies where the map states them. Listings, not a recommendation. Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

This week: visibility about 20 m, greener than usual (satellite plankton reading, 24 Oct). Estimated from the month's typical visibility and this week's satellite chlorophyll against the site's normal; heavy rain before a dive can still muddy it.

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